Four-in-hand necktie and method of making it



l. A. GAMER 2,465,584

FOUR-IN-HAND NECKTIE AND METHOD OF MAKING IT March 29, 1949.

Filed Nov. 6, 1947 Patented Mar. 29, 1949 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE- FOURJN-HAND'NECKTIE AND. METHOD. OF. MAKING IT Israel A. Gamer, Newton; Mass.-

Applica-tion November .6, 1947, Serial .No. 784;.413

3 Claims. IV

This invention relates to four-in-hand neckties and to a method of manufacturing them. The'object is to provide a novel form of necktie having. great durability. in.use, capable of being made in attractive designs not economically possible with neckties as hithertoknown and which may be. manufactured by a novel and advantageous method.

The invention will be well. understood by reference to the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing where- Fig. 1 isa front elevation, partly diagrammatic, showing the necktie as it appears in use;

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary rear view with parts successively broken away of the external fabric of the completed necktie;

Fig. 3 is a diagrammatic section on the line 33 of Fig. 2 and may also be taken as a diagrammatic section on the line 3a-3a of Fig. 4 on an enlarged scale; and

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary plan illustrating a method of cutting out the tie.

I believe that the understanding of the construction of my improved tie will be most expeditiously iven by describing novel steps preferably utilized in its manufacture. Referring to Fig. I there illustrate a series of narrow strips I and I2 of suitable fabric such as silk assembled side by side and joined by longitudinal seams hi. While constructional advantages in the finished tie would be obtained if the strips were identical in pattern and color, they are desirably heterogeneous and I have here indicated the strips it as being gold in color and the strips l2, blue, because such a disclosure is best adapted to diagrammatic illustration in accordance with the conventions of a patent drawing.

A unitary fabric merely striped in two colors in this manner could of course be provided by weaving, but, when it is formed of separate strips, more elaborate and striking designs may be produced. For instance, alternate strips might be plaid and intervening strips plain colors, which could not economically be produced on a loom. Moreover, if we set up a loom for the production of a given design, it is economically necessary to produce a large yardage. Here, on the contrary, small pieces may be produced of an individual character from which the output of finished ties will be small and of a design thus exclusive. Small and surplus pieces or strips of fabric may be economically utilized.

As best seen in Fig. 3, the strips are sewn together in face to face relation, right side to right 2 side; and-spread out as" illustrated in Fig. 3 with the margins Him and 12m projecting inwardly of the line of scam and folded fiat on the-w-rong side.

From' the-composite strip, as illustrated 'in- Fig; l, a blank such as is indicated by the line'B is cut, the'blank being sufficient to form at least the apron of the tie, that is, the-part which in use forms the overlying depending end, and preferably also the knot: Theother-endmay be formed from=a separate blank in accordance'with the practicesofthe art either froma similar composite sheet or from plain-material.

Theblank iscut diagonally of the sheet as shown in Fig. 4. The component strips Ill and i2 are out along the length of the goods and the segments thereof which appear in the blank and in the complete tie are thus on the bias, the threads being diagonal to the center line of the tie.

The blanks are then united in accordance to the practices of the art, utilizing neck linings, finish linings at the ends, and so on, as may be desired and which are not here illustrated. In Fig. 2 I illustrate the back of the tiewith separate portions broken away, the edges it of the blank being folded under to form finished edges and caught together along the rear center line. The general appearance of the completed tie in use is indicated generally and diagrammatically in Fig. 1.

I have already referred to the variety of designs which may economically be produced and in small editions if desired. However, apart from these advantages, the tie has the desirable characteristic that it will not be pulled out of shape but will retain its form substantially indefinitely. In an ordinary tie the external fabric is cut on the bias to provide a flexibility and elasticity which is desirable. However, under the tension of repeated tying the tie tends to become permanently elongated and stringy. Much ingenuity has been exercised in the art in the way of providing linings, etc., which tend to minimize this effect while preserving to a desirable degree the longitudinal elasticity of the exterior fabric. Herein the bias disposition of the threads of the various segments provides a desirable extensibility, but each segment is in itself more or less independent of the others. The seam l4 may desirably be the conventional chain stitch which is elastic but less yielding than the bias fabric as such so that the distortion of each segment is checked at the line of seam. The folded over edges as Him and I2m Fig. 3 which are not in themselves under tension tend to retain their shape and minimize the distortion of the exposed portions of the segments. It would appear also that the diagonal disposition of the lines of seam I 4 in the completed tie tends to minimize the transmission of distortion from one segment to the next. However that may be, experience shows that in normal use the tie constructed as described cannot be pulled out of shape.

I am aware that the invention may be embodied in other specific forms without departin from the spirit or essential attributes thereof, and I therefore desire the present embodiment to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive, as is in fact clear in several matters from the description itself; Reference is to be had to the appended claims to indicate those principles of the invention exemplified by the particular embodiment described and which I desire to secure by Letters Patent.

I claim:

1. A four-in-hand necktie wherein the exposed fabric forming at least the one end thereof which in use forms the overlying depending end comprises a series of diagonally disposed bias strips united by diagonal seams.

2. A four-in-hand necktie wherein the exposed fabric forming at least the one end thereof which in use forms the overlying depending end comprises a series of diagonally disposed bias strips united face side to face side by diagonal seams and with edge portions extending beyond the lines of scam and folded over beneath the exterior surface of the tie.

3. In the manufacture of four-in-hand ties the step which comprises uniting edge to edge by longitudinal seams a series of narrow strips of woven fabric suitable for the exposed face of the tie, said strips having one of the sets of threads thereof extendin lengthwise of the strip, the resultant compound strip comprising a multiplicity of such strips within a transverse dimension corresponding to the length of the exposed surface of the tie when in use, and cutting diagonally across said compound strip a blank for at least that end portion of the tie which in use occupies the overlying position.

ISRAEL A. GAMER.

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